Blood of Elves

The first official book in The Witcher series is not as jam-packed with action as the short story volumes were. The plot mainly is focused on the education of Ciri as both a prospective witcher and/or magician. Quite a bit of time is spent getting to know the various characters and setting up hints of the larger machinations in the world without getting in to the nitty gritty yet. Despite being translated from Polish, I really am enjoying the style of the writing.